Anthony Hopkins ferments a fine rage, perhaps at the "dying of the light," in "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken." As mega-rich Dutch brewery mogul Alfred "Freddy" Heineken, his quicksilver flashes of temper are worthy of other Hopkins creations, even the demigod Odin in the "Thor" movies. Freddy Heineken was a man used to ordering people around, used to firing people, used to getting his way. He might labor to present calm, unworried face to his kidnappers. But inside, he was seething, plotting and trying to reason his way out of the fix he found himself in back in 1982. Hopkins' Heineken is the most interesting character in this...

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